History of editions:
Joel Whitburn’s Top Country & Western Records 1949-1971 [1st Edition] 1972
Joel Whitburn’s Top Country Singles 1944–1988 [2nd Edition] 1989
Joel Whitburn’s Top Country Singles 1944–1993 [3rd Edition]1995
Joel Whitburn’s Top Country Singles 1944–1997 [4th Edition] 1999
Joel Whitburn’s Top Country Singles 1944–2001 [5th Edition] 2002
Joel Whitburn’s Top Country Songs 1944–2005 [6th Edition] 2006
Joel Whitburn’s Hot Country Songs 1944–2008 [7th Edition] 2008
Joel Whitburn’s Hot Country Songs 1944–2012 [8th Edition] 2013
The subtitle is a tongue-in-cheek reference to the famous razor slitting eye scene from the Salvador Dalí and Luis Buñuel famous short film of 1928: Un Chien Andalou. [see image]